You can simplify it a bit
def ajaxuserexist():
username = request.vars.values()[0]
return db(db.auth_user.login==username).count() and 'yes' or
'no'
although it will not solve your problem.
There is nothing special in table auth_user so the problem is
somewhere else.
I suggest you insert a print repr(username).
Do you get any thicket? What does it say?
massimo
On 30 Giu, 14:29, elfuego1 <elfue...@gmail.com> wrote:
> During registration I want to check on the fly, if login chosen by the
> user is already in use or is it not in db and available to be used.
>
> def ajaxuserexist():
> username = request.vars.values()[0]
> query = (db.auth_user.login==username)
> numres = db(query).count()
> if numres > 0 :
> return 'yes'
> else:
> return 'no'
>
> When I test it on any other table that doesn't have prefix auth_ then
> the above code works, but unfortunatelly I need to test auth_user
> table :-(
>
> On 30 Cze, 21:19, Chris S <sanders.ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Probably a dumb question, but what are you checking the user against?
>
> > Both my and your example above are checking for username and you
> > didn't define a username in your auth_user.
>
> > Your query then is not working as:
>
> > def userexist(emailcheck):
> > if db(db.auth_user.email==emailcheck).count() > 0:
> > return 'yes'
> > else:
> > return 'no'
>
> > I know I've returned searches on auth_user it's no different than
> > other tables. Just gotta find whey your getting no results. Might
> > help if you post the exact search code that goes with the above
> > auth_user and the error message that's generated.
>
> > On Jun 30, 2:12 pm, elfuego1 <elfue...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Since I had added some fields (and intend to customize it further) to
> > > my auth_user table the code for auth_user in db.py looks like that:
>
> > > from gluon.tools import *
> > > auth=Auth(globals(),db)
>
> > > db.define_table('auth_user',
> > > SQLField('login', 'string', length=50, default=''),
> > > SQLField('password', 'password', length=512, readable=False,
> > > label='Password'),
> > > SQLField('registration_key', length=512, default= '',
> > > writable=False, readable=False),
> > > SQLField('reset_password_key', length=512, default='',
> > > writable=False, readable=False),
> > > SQLField('first_name', length=128,default=''),
> > > SQLField('last_name', length=128,default=''),
> > > SQLField('email', length=128,default='', unique=True),
> > > SQLField('phone', 'string', length=30, default=''),
> > > )
>
> > > On 30 Cze, 20:59, Chris S <sanders.ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > And you've defined auth in db.py with:
>
> > > > from gluon.tools import Auth
> > > > auth = Auth(globals(), db)
> > > > auth.define_tables()
>
> > > > I've done searches on auth_user before... I think.
>
> > > > On Jun 30, 1:44 pm, elfuego1 <elfue...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Unfortunatelly it doesn't.
> > > > > I can access any other table that's available through my application
> > > > > but I can't get any value out of auth_user table.
> > > > > Is it somehow protected?
> > > > > Do I need to add some extra piece of code to expose them in my
> > > > > application in order to be able to acqiure any value out of them?
>
> > > > > Desperate searcher.
>
> > > > > On 30 Cze, 06:25, Chris S <sanders.ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > I don't guess I follow. Isn't that the same as:
>
> > > > > > def userexist(namecheck):
> > > > > > if db(db.auth_user.username==namecheck).count() > 0:
> > > > > > return 'yes'
> > > > > > else:
> > > > > > return 'no'
>
> > > > > > So I"m saying your querry should be:
> > > > > > query = (db.auth_user.username==username)
>
> > > > > > Hope that helps
>
> > > > > > On Jun 29, 5:34 pm, elfuego1 <elfue...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Hello,
>
> > > > > > > On this
> > > > > > > page:http://web2pyslices.com/main/slices/take_slice/53Ihave
> > > > > > > found a great pice of code which allows to check on the fly if
> > > > > > > there
> > > > > > > is an exact value already in database.
>
> > > > > > > Oryginal code:
>
> > > > > > > def ajaxuserexist():
> > > > > > > username = request.vars.values()[0]
> > > > > > > query = db.users.name.like(username)
> > > > > > > numres = db(query).count()
> > > > > > > if numres > 0 :
> > > > > > > return 'yes'
>
> > > > > > > return 'no'
>
> > > > > > > But when I try to implement the same solution on auth_user table
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > login column it stops working:
>
> > > > > > > query = db.auth_users.login.like(username)
>
> > > > > > > Do you know some solution/workaround to this problem?
>
> > > > > > > Best regards.
